Machine for raising water



UNITED STATES T OFFICE.

ABRAHAM BOWER, OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR RAISING WATER, &C.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 24,925, dated August 2, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM BowER, of Pekin, in the county of Tazewelland State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved ElevatingDevice; and I do hereby declare t-hat the following is a full, clear,

i and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, Inaking a part of this specification, in which-` Figure l, isa vertical section of my 1n* vention taken in the line Fig. 2. Fig. 2,is a vertical section of ditto, taken in the line y, y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in a combination of levers, bucket and slidetrough substantially as hereinafter described whereby a very simple andefficient elevating device is obtained.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a framing which may be of rectangular or other form andplaced directly over the spot where the substance or article is to beraised.

B, is a shaft which is placed horizontally in the lower part of theframing and has a pulley C, at each end. To each pulley C, a rope D, isattached and these ropes pass behind guide pulleys E, E, attached to theframing A, and by the side of pulleys E, which are placed between theends of traverse pieces a, a, on the framing A.

Between the traverse pieces c, a, two cross levers F, F, are secured bya common fulcrum pin Z), and the upper ends of the ropes D, are attachedto the outer ends of these levers. The inner ends of the levers F, F,are attached to the upper end of the lazy tongs G, as shown clearly inFig. 2, and to the lower end of the lazy tongs a bucket H, is attachedthe bottom of which is provided with a puppet valve I, which is shownclearly in Fig. l.

In the lower part of the framing A, a slide trough J, is placed. Thisslide trough is slightly inclined and is fitted between suitable guidesc, c, in the framing so that it may be shoved in and out, the troughwhen shoved in, being directly over the path of the movement of thebucket, and free from said path when drawn out from the framing.

To the shaft B, a lever K, is attached, and a handle L, is attached tothe front or outer end of the slide trough J.

The operation is as follows: Suppose the device be used as a waterelevator, the framing A, being placed over a well or cistern. Theoperator draws out the slide trough J, and the bucket H, descends by itsown gravity or in consequence of the operator raising lever K, thelatter manipulation being necessary if the bucket be counterpoised whichmay be done by attaching weights to the levers F, F, or to the pulleysC, C. The bucket H, descends rapidly and as it strikes the surface ofthe water, the valve I, opens and the bucket fills. The operator thendepresses the lever K, and the filled bucket rapidly rises the valve I,being closed by the weight of water in the bucket. then the bucket H,passes above the level of the slide trough J, the operator shoves thetrough inward underneath the bucket and the latter is allowed to descendand rest in the trough, the valve I, being opened in consequence of thevalve stem cl, striking the bottom of the trough, the stem (Z, beingallowed to project below the bottom of the bucket, for such purpose, seered lines Fig. l. As the valve I, opens the water in the bucket passesout into the trough J, and is discharged into a proper receptacle placedto receive it at the outer end of t-he trough. If another bucket ofwater is to be drawn the operator slightly elevates the bucket H, drawsout the trough J, and allows the bucket H, to descend again.

By this invention it will be seen that a very simple and etlicientelevating device is obtained and one that admits of a very gen eralapplication for elevating purposes.

I do not claim separately or in themselves considered the lazy tongsystem of levers G, for they are a common and well known de vice; but,

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination of the lazy tongs G, the slide trough J, and valvularbucket H, arranged for joint ope-ration substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

JAMES HARRIo'r'r, THOMAS C. REEVES.

